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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons'
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed…
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The Charlotte police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott will not be charged. In a news conference on Wednesday, R. Andrew…
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In my previous column, I promised to take up the topic of the historical roots of the continuing mistrust between…
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As his family and community prepare to bury Terence Crutcher on Saturday, the students of a Tulsa middle school - including…
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"You have a company using profits from the sale of what has been called 'the most potent and dangerous opioid…
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Few were surprised on Dec. 7, 2015, when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a civil rights investigation of the…
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The United States houses 25% of the world's inmates despite having only 5% of the world's population. This fact prompted…
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Inglewood, CA — On Sunday, police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked on Manchester Boulevard around 3:10 am.…
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Acclaimed "The New Jim Crow" author and Ohio State University professor Michelle Alexander, one of the first to draw the…
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The 12-year-old boy died at a hospital, where he was taken by ambulance after he was shot by a police…
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There is little doubt that the Black Lives Matter era of protests will be branded as a millennial moment. But…
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In wake of latest deaths, protesters say to Mayor Rahm Emanuel: 'You failed us before, but now's your time to…
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If asked what state has the highest incarceration rate of Black people, most people would likely cite Mississippi, Alabama or…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year. The chief of the agency stepped down in April under…
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Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' Read More
"These disasters drag into the light exactly who is already being thrown away," notes Naomi Klein Read More
How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. Read More
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on… Read More
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen… Read More
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' Read More
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
The Charlotte police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott will not be charged. In a news conference on Wednesday, R. Andrew… Read More
In my previous column, I promised to take up the topic of the historical roots of the continuing mistrust between… Read More
"You have a company using profits from the sale of what has been called 'the most potent and dangerous opioid… Read More
Few were surprised on Dec. 7, 2015, when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a civil rights investigation of the… Read More
Inglewood, CA — On Sunday, police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked on Manchester Boulevard around 3:10 am.… Read More
In wake of latest deaths, protesters say to Mayor Rahm Emanuel: 'You failed us before, but now's your time to… Read More
The New England Conference of United Methodist Churches voted this past Saturday on a resolution declaring that the Christian thing… Read More